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今日主題：Review Finds Meditation Somewhat Effective against Anxiety and Depression
冥想療法法可有效對抗焦慮抑鬱

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​​​​​​​ 建議方法：
1. 先聽兩三遍(不看文稿)
2. 再一句一句聽寫
3. 最後check文稿，看哪聽不出來，是單字沒背過，還是單字發音不熟。
4. 堅持天天聽，就能每天進步哦。

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​​​​​​​ 只有音檔怎夠，聽不懂地方，不用怕，康康幫你準備好中英文稿了：

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ 中英文稿：

Advocates claim numerous health benefits for meditation, many of which are supported by studies on the practice. Still, meditation has not become part of mainstream medicine.
贊同者認為冥想對健康有很多好處，並且許多好處都得到了醫療實踐的研究結論的支持。但是，冥想還沒不是當前的主流治療方法。

So researchers at Johns Hopkins University analyzed 47 previously published clinical trials to narrow down the most effective use for meditation as medical therapy.
所以，約翰霍普金森大學的研究人員們分析了之前已經發表的47件臨床實驗案例以便對找尋支持冥想作為治療方法的最有效的使用案例縮小查找範圍。

The studies involved more than 3,500 patients suffering from various issues including stress, addiction, depression, anxiety, diabetes, heart disease, cancer and chronic pain. The meta-analysis is in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine.
該研究涉及到的病人數超過3500名，他們的病症的種類也是多種多樣，從壓力，毒癮，抑鬱， 焦慮，糖尿病，心臟病，癌症到慢性疼痛都有出現。元分析結果發表在美國醫學會雜誌《內科醫學》上。

Apparently practicing just 30 minutes of meditation per day significantly decreases the symptoms of anxiety and depression. An 8-week training program in mindfulness meditation – where participants have to focus on the current moment – led to optimal improvement in lowering anxiety, depression and pain. And the improvements continued over the six months following the training.
很明顯的是，每天的30分鐘冥想後，焦慮和抑鬱的症狀顯著減少。一個為期8周的認知冥想的療程——參與的人不得不關注當前的時刻——可以導致症狀得到最佳的改善，比如減少焦慮，抑鬱和疼痛。並且這些改善在治療後可持續有效長達半年。

For depression and anxiety, the effects of meditation were as strong as for those achieved by taking antidepressant medication. However, meditation failed to significantly affect any of the other conditions, such as heart disease or cancer.
對於抑鬱和焦慮來講，冥想的效果和抗抑鬱藥物的治療所起到的效果是一樣的。然而，冥想不能顯著改善其它的一些症狀比如對心臟病和癌症。

Nevertheless, while some might view meditation as sitting and doing nothing, doing nothing does something.
然而，儘管有些人也許只是把冥想當作靜坐，但是就是這樣什麼都不做而實際上卻是在做一些事情。